Mélodie Daoust

Mélodie Daoust ( ; born January 7, 1992) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. She played one season in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) for Montreal. She competed with the Canadian national team in numerous international tournaments and won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. As a member-player of the PWHPA, she was featured in many of the organization's showcases, including the Elite Women's 3-on-3 hockey game at the Skills Competition of the 2020 NHL All-Star Game.

Playing career In 2008–09, she played with the Lac St. Louis Selects and helped them accumulate a 62–0–2 record. Daoust was a Montreal Canadiens scholarship holder in 2010 from the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence. With the Collège Édouard-Montpetit Lynx, she helped lead them to a Quebec collegiate championship in 2009–10. In addition, she won the league scoring title with 24 goals and 31 assists for 55 total points. She accomplished this in only 13 games played.

In participating with the Canada women's national under-18 ice hockey team, Daoust registered 10 goals and 23 points in 13 games. in her CWHL debut on January 8 (versus the Burlington Barracudas).

CIS

On February 10, 2011, Daoust signed a letter of intent to play for the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey program. She refused offers from numerous Canadian and American universities, including Cornell, Dartmouth and a full scholarship from Boston University. Daoust was only one of five female student-athletes committed to McGill University in the fall of 2011 that were athletic scholarship recipients (announced by the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence).

In the aftermath of the 2012–13 season, Daoust was named to the CIS First Team All-Canadians. Among the other players named as First Team All-Canadians were Katelyn Gosling and Hayley Wickenheiser.

Hockey Canada Daoust was part of Canada women's national under-18 ice hockey team that won a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal-winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series. In addition, she participated in the Canada Celebrates Event on June 30 in Edmonton, Alberta which recognized the Canadian Olympic and World hockey champions from the 2009–10 season. On October 3, 2011, she was named to the Team Canada roster that participated in the 2011 4 Nations Cup. She scored her first international goal on February 17 at the 2014 Sochi Olympics against Switzerland and they won the gold medal.

On January 11, 2022, Daoust was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2009–10 Cégep Édouard-Montpetit QCHL 13 21 34 55 — — — — — — 2010–11 Cégep Édouard-Montpetit QCHL 17 21 23 44 — — — — — — 2010–11 Montréal Stars CWHL 2 0 3 3 0 — — — — — 2011–12 McGill University CIS 18 18 24 42 6 — — — — — 2012–13 McGill University CIS 20 21 33 54 12 — — — — — 2013–14 McGill University CIS — — — — — — — — — — 2014–15 McGill University CIS 3 3 4 7 6 — — — — — 2015–16 McGill University CIS 20 18 16 34 22 — — — — — 2016–17 McGill University CIS 18 11 19 30 12 — — — — — 2017–18 Les Canadiennes de Montréal CWHL — — — — — — — — — — 2018–19 Les Canadiennes de Montréal CWHL 14 11 9 20 24 4 2 3 5 2 2019–20 Montréal PWHPA — — — — — — — — — — 2020–21 Montréal PWHPA — — — — — — — — — — 2022–23 Team Scotiabank PWHPA 11 2 6 8 2 — — — — — 2023–24 PWHL Montreal PWHL 6 3 2 5 4 3 0 0 0 2 CWHL totals 16 11 12 23 24 4 2 3 5 2 PWHPA totals 11 2 6 8 2 — — — — — PWHL totals 6 3 2 5 4 3 0 0 0 2

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2009 Canada U18 5 6 6 12 4 2010 Canada U18 5 4 4 8 4 2014 Canada OG 5 1 0 1 4 2018 Canada OG 5 3 4 7 2 2019 Canada WC 7 0 4 4 4 2021 Canada WC 8 6 6 12 2 2022 Canada OG 3 0 1 1 0 Junior totals 10 10 10 20 8 Senior totals 28 10 15 25 12

Awards and honours Most Valuable Player at the 2018 Olympics - Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament 2009–10 Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA scoring champion Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Rookie of the Year (Tissot Award) (2011–12) et second star team Most valuable player at the McGill University women's hockey awards gala CIS women's hockey Player of the Year (Brodrick Trophy), (2012–2013) 2013 RSEQ scoring champion 2012-13 USports First Team All-Star Among four finalists for the CIS BLG Awards 2013 Athlete of the Year (Jim Thompson Trophy) 2015-16 U Sports First Team All-Canadian 2016-17 RSEQ MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER 2016-17 RSEQ First Team All-Stars